Dr. Michiel Callens Profile

Dr. Michiel Callens

Lead Waveguide System Engineer

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OLEDs , Anisotropy , Organic Electronics , Gratings , Birefringence

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Proceedings Article | 22 September 2015 Presentation + Paper

Anisotropy in OLEDs

M. Callens, D. Yokoyama, K. Neyts

Proceedings Volume 9566, 95661G (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2189031

KEYWORDS: Organic light emitting diodes, Anisotropy, Refractive index, Interfaces, External quantum efficiency, Glasses, Scattering, Electromagnetic radiation, Lenses, Birefringence

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Small-molecule OLEDs, deposited by thermal evaporation, allow for precise control over layer thicknesses. This enables optimisation of the optical behaviour of the stack which ultimately determines the outcoupling efficiency. In terms of optical outcoupling there are limits to the efficiency by which the generated electromagnetic radiation can be extracted from the stack. These limitations are linked to the refractive indices of the individual layers. Values for maximum outcoupling efficiency are sometimes calculated under the implicit assumptions that the OLED stack is planar, that all layers are isotropic with a certain refractive index and that the emitters are not preferentially oriented. In reality it is known that these assumptions are not always valid, be it intentional or unintentional. In our work we transcend these limiting assumptions and look at different forms of anisotropy in OLEDs. Anisotropy in OLEDs comes in three distinct flavours; 1. Geometrical anisotropy, as for example in gratings, lenses or other internal or external scattering centres, 2. Anisotropic emitters, where the orientation significantly influences the direction in which radiation is emitted and 3. Anisotropic optical materials, where their anisotropic nature breaks the customary assumption of isotropic OLED materials. We investigate the effect of these anisotropic features on the outcoupling efficiency and ultimately, on the external quantum efficiency (EQE).

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